Wanted to go take a look at what kinds of teams he fielded while a DC before he became a head coach at UCONN.
Here ya go rankings in parentheses followed by Points per play allowed
Cincinnati
2009: (37) .326
Notre Dame
2010: (16) .283
2011: (20) .295
2012: (1) .157
2013: (22) .306
As a head coach at UCONN he struggled his first season before rebounding and taking UCONN to 17th. Obviously 2016 got him sh!t canned, but hell if you can make UCONN 17th in Points Per Play surely you can take OU to top 20 at some point if you are a CODC even.
2014: (87) .419
2015: (17) .285
2016: (60) .382
(Note: they were 68th in points per play allowed the season before Diaco got to ND in 2009)
Here ya go rankings in parentheses followed by Points per play allowed
Cincinnati
2009: (37) .326
Notre Dame
2010: (16) .283
2011: (20) .295
2012: (1) .157
2013: (22) .306
As a head coach at UCONN he struggled his first season before rebounding and taking UCONN to 17th. Obviously 2016 got him sh!t canned, but hell if you can make UCONN 17th in Points Per Play surely you can take OU to top 20 at some point if you are a CODC even.
2014: (87) .419
2015: (17) .285
2016: (60) .382
(Note: they were 68th in points per play allowed the season before Diaco got to ND in 2009)